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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Phyllis Diller, the formerhousewife whose raucous cackle and jokes about her own looksmade her one of America's first female stand-up comedy stars,died in her sleep on Monday at age 95, her longtime managersaid. Diller was found in her bed at her home in the affluentBrentwood section of Los Angeles by her son, Perry, who hadcome to visit her, manager Milt Suchin said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than three years after beingbeaten up by then-boyfriend Chris Brown, R&B; singer Rihanna hasadmitted that she still loves him, calling Brown possibly ''thelove of my life.'' The ''Umbrella'' singer told Oprah Winfrey in atelevision interview broadcast on Sunday that she and Brown,23, had rebuilt their trust and now had a ''very closefriendship.''

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian and talk show host RosieO'Donnell said on Monday she suffered a heart attack last weekand had a stent inserted to treat a blocked artery. ''I am luckyto be here,'' O'Donnell, 50, said in a blog entry called ''myheart attack'' on her Rosie.com website.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will play a ''surprise''role when the Republican Party kicks off its nationalconvention next week in Tampa, Florida, a party official saidon Monday. The real estate mogul and reality-television star isscheduled to participate in a to-be-revealed fashion on thefirst day of the four-day convention, where Republicans are toformally nominate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney toface Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6election.

Singer Wynonna Judd cancels concerts in Canada

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American country singer Wynonna Juddhas canceled a series of concerts in Canada next week followinga serious motorcycle crash that injured her husband, the singersaid in a statement on Sunday. Judd's husband, Michael ScottMoser, and the singer had been on a ride together on separatemotorcycles in Deadwood, South Dakota, when Moser collided withan oncoming vehicle and was taken to hospital. Judd was notinvolved in the accident.

Gregory Peck's widow Veronique, an arts supporter, dies at80

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veronique Peck, the widow of screenlegend Gregory Peck, has died at age 80 of heart failure at herhome in Los Angeles, a spokesman for her family said onSaturday. She passed away on Friday, said her representativeMonroe Friedman.